Important! : urgent help needed on lowering rear!!!! - Saxperience

vtr_chris90 · 30th January 2009, 15:23

right guys i am in the middle of trying to lower my car, but i cannot seem to move the arb plate out of the way, im sure in the guiodes it says it should just move upwards but it isnt budging, how can i movde this plate? everythink else is pretty much done its just that i need to move now so i can get at the torsion bar on drivers side

some help please lol

vtr_chris90 · 30th January 2009, 15:29

right sort of good news lol ive moved it a touch

well you can half see the torsion now, but it doesnt seem to want to move any further ive plastered it in some real strong erm not sure what its called but it eats at the rust lol, you can only get it from garages haha but its still being a gay lol

williamsvts · 30th January 2009, 15:55

have you undone the bolts on BOTH sides of the arb plates?

vtr_chris90 · 30th January 2009, 16:02

yup, dont worry mate its all done now just done it, i use a good old screw driver to lever it with a hell of a lot of force lol haha so thats that part done, im dreading the torsion bars though if the rab plates are as bas as they were lol haha

vtr_chris90 · 30th January 2009, 16:18

but how are you meant to get that washer out? it says its bit of a fiddle i think mines very nicely seized in lol

Tom5190 · 30th January 2009, 16:30

i used screw driver and hammer with alot of WD40 for the washer, once its fre its a doddle to get out ( got to the t-bars tho they wudnt budge)

vtr_chris90 · 30th January 2009, 18:00

yer i tried that earlier got the drivers side washer out but the passenger side isnt budging, erm but my dads having a look with me tomorow now and hes good at this stuff lol im sure he could get it out then were going to get the t.bars out hopefully

but all going to plan so far though lol

rayray1987 · 1st February 2009, 10:29

if your having problems with the torsion bars, soak them in rust off, grab a friend, get him to try removing the torsion bar with the pulling, or slide hammer technique on one side while you go round the other side with a hammer and a drift, and as he is pulling, you whack it as hard as you can.

thats what i had to do with mine anyway

vtr_chris90 · 1st February 2009, 23:18

yer its all done now mate the torsion bars were a piece of piss to get out took about 5 mins per torsion, it was actually the torx screws and washers that were being pain, well the two that are on the inside side of the torsion if you get me, was quite a fiddle to get out too lol but the t bar i just got a lump hammer and a good sized bar gave a couple of hits then used socket and bolt and came out straight away which i was very suprised about since the bolts were being such a pain lol

cheers for advice though guys